Louisiana attempted to raise the temperature at which inmates receive special heat precautions from 88 degrees to 91 degrees, which the judge rebuked.

Janice Parker walked into the medical ward at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola ... “one of the most dramatic plans to increase prison population I’ve ever seen.” ...

A 2015 lawsuit by inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary ... come as prison policy experts expect a number of new, tough-on-crime laws to increase the state’s prison population, further ...

compared each state's prison population in 2021 and 2022 (the latest data available). The analysis showed that the total number of prisoners in the U.S. justice system increased by 2.08 percent ...

At the height of summer, prisoners in the Louisiana State Penitentiary (colloquially known ... are neither confined to one area of the prison nor to those imprisoned there: Guards and staff ...

Louisiana's most notorious prison has a new warden who is a familiar face. Darrel Vannoy is returning Nov. 25 to lead the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola after spending the past three years ...

Janice Parker walked into the medical ward at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola ... “one of the most dramatic plans to increase prison population I’ve ever seen.” ...